Fastening for railway-rails



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r H. L. DE ZENG; V FASTENING FOR RAILWAY RAILS vNo. 334,696. Patented Jan. 19, 1886..

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE...

HENRY L. DE ZENG, OF GENEVA, ASSIGNOB TO HIMSELF, ALBERT G. LUCAS, OF UTIOA, AND WILLIAM D. BURRALL, OF WATERLOO, NEW -YORK.

FASTENING FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,696, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed April 27, 1885. Serial No. 163,523. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. DE ZENG, of Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Fastenings for Railway-Rails, of which the following is specification.

In Letters Patent Nos. 145,991 and 155,369, granted to me, ties of metal with clip-pieces for connecting the rails to the ties are shown.

My present invention relates to the features of improvement in the fastenings for connecting the rails to the ties, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of the cross-rail near one end, the rail being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 3 an end View, of the clip-piece for one side of the rail. Fig. 4 is a plan, and Fig. 5 an end view, of the clip made use of at the opposite side of the flange; and Fig. 6 is a plan view in smaller scale of the cross-tie and rails fastened thereto.

The tie Ais of metal, and may be of wrought iron or of malleable cast-iron, preferably the latter. The end portions of this cross-tie are sutliciently broad to take a bearing upon the earth or ballast of the road. The central portion of each tie is by preference made narrower, as shown in the plan view, Fig. 6, so as to lessen the weight of the tie and increase the elasticity of the same near the middle portion. In the top plate of the cross-tie there are mortiscs, as shown at b c. These are of a size adapted to receive the clip-pieces next described.

In my aforesaid patents the metal of the cross tie is bent up to form lips at the inner sides of the rail-flanges. These are sometimes liable to bend and break. The mortise b is in the proper position for receiving the movable clip-piece D. The same is made with a hook, 6, adapted to pass down through the mortise b and catch beneath the top plate of the tie, and it is also made with a plate, f, to rest upon the surface of the tie-plate, and with a hook, g, the end of/which is inclined to pass up over the flange of the rail H. These clippieces D are preferably made of malleable cast-iron, and when the hook of each clippiece is passed down through the mortise b the clip is firmly sustained against lateral pressure, and the rail-flange is also held down when passed in beneath the hooked end g.

The clippiece Kis adapted to the opposite side of the rail-flange H. It is made with a hook g to pass up over the rail-flange, and with flanges f to rest upon the top of the tieplate, and with a hook, e, to pass in beneath the tie-plate; but to facilitate the placing of the parts together; the mortise 0 is longer than the mortise b, in order that the body of the clip and the hook 6 may be passed down vertically through this mortise after the rail has been laid in place, and then the clip is slipped along endwise to bring the hook e beneath the top plate of the tie and the hook 9 over the flange of the rail. To secure this clip K in place, a wedge may be entered vertically between the clip and the metal of the crosst'ie at the outer end of the slot 0,- but I prefer to make use of a tapering screw, L, the threads of which fit indentations in the outer end of this clip K, so that said screw, when screwed down into place, as shown in Fig. 1, will press the clip K firmly toward the rail and secure the flange thereof. It is preferable to make the tie-plate at the end of the mortise c of an increased thickness, as at i, to form a bearing for the tapering screw or wedge; but I prefer to introduce a gib, n, the ends of which pass above and below the tieplate A, and the face of this gib next the tapering screw L is recessed to correspond to the screw-threads. It willbe understood that the tapering screw L can be revolved to tighten up the parts should they become loose, and that the jar or vibration of the rail or tie will tend to shake down the screw farther into its opening and tighten the parts automatically. The tie-plates with the slots that receive the clips may extend across from one rail to the other, or they may be separate plates secured to cross-ties.

I am aware that a metallic cross-tie and rail have been connected by clip-pieces passing through mortises in the cross-tie and hooking over the base of the rail and secured in place by wedges.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the rail and tieplate having mortises therein, oI'the clip-piece D, having a hook, g, to pass over the flange of the rail, a hook, c, to pass through the mortise in the tie-plate and hook beneath the 5 same, the flangesf, to rest upon the surface of the tieplate at each side of the hook g, a clippiece, K, similar to the clippiece D, and a wedge-acting device passing through the mortise between the clip-piece K and the metalof IO the tie-plate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the rail and tieplate, of the clip K, having ahook, 0, passed through a slot in the tie-plate flanges f, to restupon the tie-plate, and a hook, g, to pass over the rail-flange, and a wedge-acting device in the mortise between the clip-piece K and the metal of the tie-plate, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the rail and tie plate having mortises through the same, of the clip-piece K, having a hook, 6, passed through one of the mortises in the tie-plate, flangesf, to rest upon the top ofthe tie-plate, aad a hook, g, to pass over the rail-flange, and a tapering screw, L, introduced between the movable clip-piece K and the metal of the tioplate, to press the clip-piece K to its place and hold the rail, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the tie-plate and rail, ofa clip-piece, K, having a hook to pass below the tie-plate, and a hook to retain the flange of the rail, and screw-thread indentations at the outer end of the clip-piece, and a tapering screw introduced between the clippiece and the tie-plate, substantially as set 5 forth.

5. The combination, with the tie-plate and rail, of the clip-piece D, having hooks e g and flangesf, the clip-piece K, having hooks e g and flanges f, and screw-thread indentations at the end, and the tapering screw L, introduced between the clip-piece K and the thickened recessed portion behind the screw, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 4th (lay of April, A. D. 1885.

HENRY L. DE ZENG. \Vitnesses:

Gno. T. PINCKNEY, \VILLIAM G. MoT'r. 

